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While some fields have been exempted from a contentious imposition on international doctoral students, sector still fears overkill

Starmer also expected to consider ‘fudge’ manifesto pledge to review university funding, with party set to drop Corbyn-era policy

Sole courtroom victor in three years of prosecutions says jurors needed to hear that institutions went along, and then believe that nobody was hurt

Ditching high-profile pledge to spend £300 million more on maths research over next five years will harm under-pressure discipline, experts warn

World’s biggest bibliographic database claims MetaDoor is ‘misappropriating’ its catalogue to drive it out of business

President must learn to work with a fragmented parliament, but experts say likely allies will back his push to liberalise higher education

Universities urged to rule out taking advantage of planned redrawing of UK legislation

Winners of internal competitions will not be eligible for research council grants, as power shifts to government

Administration moves to reverse Trump mandate for in-person hearings and expand protections to transgender students

An internalised, colonial-era emphasis on exam grades is preventing students from deeper learning, forum hears

Change is finally beginning to happen across higher education but campaigners say structural change is needed, not sticking plasters

Big publishers finding switch away from paywalls challenging, says European-led coalition

Two-thirds of institutions responding to IIE survey report increase in interest

Science leaders beg Ursula von der Leyen to break political impasse

Survey finds UK undergraduates appear a lot less supportive of free speech than they were six years ago

Lab-by-lab approach determining who gets credit and who doesn’t must be replaced by more comprehensive policies, researchers say

Former attorney general turned security professor says avoiding ‘overreach’ is as important as protecting public safety

Analysis of ‘true economic value’ of sector says staff are essentially subsidising a broken system

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

European doctoral body says funders must recognise that current financial support is often insufficient for PhD researchers

The human geographer talks about her work with stateless groups, the importance of collaboration and why the stereotype of a map-wielding explorer is important in confronting her subject’s imperial legacies

In bleak assessment, AAUP finds full-time wages up 2 per cent, but down 5 per cent after inflation, falling below recession levels

Choice of former Darpa director to replace Lander affirms growing government-wide shift towards emphasising applied research

Position will be used to ‘keep universities on a shorter leash’ and ‘pre-empt any potential dissent’, academics say

Despite known risk, politicians from states with weak science records push dramatic expansion of affirmative-action-style set-asides for federal dollars

Western scholars may be taken aback by job negotiations in a country where universities rarely reward merit over seniority

Australian educators demand ‘clarity’ on whether pandemic concessions will be extended

Korea’s soft power is only part of the explanation, with Seoul pumping millions into opening Korean language academies around the world, professor says

Female scholars grossly under-represented on editorial boards of public health and environmental science publications, says Cambridge-led study

University’s ‘strong’ financial results energise union calls for job security and pay rises

Leading professor proposes charter to protect free exchange of knowledge

Shift prestigious institutions to ‘greater potential’ of education for excluded adults, says FT columnist

Peking and Tsinghua join drive to smooth journey from undergraduate to postgraduate studies

Critics say plans to lower the limit on temporary staff from 40 per cent to 8 per cent are unworkable and could lock in under-qualified lecturers

Lecturer protests innocence but steps down from government ahead of role leading EU policymaking

Funding boost for new partnerships to ensure those moving to a new location get the help they need

One-word responses such as ‘excellent’ and ‘perfect’ been given to those taking assessments

Education and labour expert from Columbia and Princeton promises new focus on helping students compare institutions

Peer-reviewed open access entry aims to unite field burdened by outside political turmoil and internal disagreements over academic norms

UCU survey finds those in early career or insecure roles working the longest hours

Relatively benign system under strain from soaring inflation, fee hikes and reduced repayment thresholds

Academics urged to be more present while teaching to foster better learning environments

Businessman whose daughter won Georgetown admission after large donation successfully portrays his action as normal practice

Disgraced surgeon convicted of causing bodily harm in verdict that raises further questions for Swedish research

After years of crude attacks on individual faculty and curriculum, Florida’s ambitious partisan governor identifies more palatable and enduring form of deep academic restraint

Australian research highlights need for more than a front-end focus on boosting diversity

Former regulator highlights increasingly interventionist Westminster policies

Latest edition of major annual UK survey suggests university leavers’ outlook lagged behind employment market recovery

Governance review approved at conclusion of bitter dispute with Oxford college dean

Olivier-nominated actress Josette Bushell-Mingo wants to keep pushing hard questions about role of arts in society as leader of London institution

Australian policy guru suggests complete rethink of research funding to overcome ‘opportunity cost’ of unsuccessful grant applications

Beijing should ease off on top-down pressure and extend its window for reporting graduates' job status, academics say

Those who earn less than £40,000 a year face losing about 30 per cent of the value of their pension, according to ‘first global analysis’

High-profile pledge to spend £60 million a year on maths research has not been fulfilled, MPs hear

Clear majority of survey respondents from Poland and Italy believe ‘making a lot of money’ was an incentive for scientists working on Covid-19

Scholars urge home fees for young Hong Kongers but warn other former British colonies could want similar concessions

Minister asks OfS to develop new registration condition covering antisemitism and says it would be ‘incredible’ if Oxford offered degree apprenticeships

Federal agents charged with patrolling university labs fret the open environment, not knowing sector’s practices well enough, auditor concludes

Public Accounts Committee criticises Office for Students and DfE, while warning some institutions are being ‘put at risk’ by reliance on overseas fees

IFS says continued use of out-of-date inflation predictions to set living cost loans makes ‘no sense at all’